The Weekend

We started the weekend with dinner in Rockwell - probably the wealthiest suburb in Manila where many of the posted Australian Embassy staff reside. Here we met two of Neil's workmates, Deon and Gaye for dinner at a Greek restaurant. The dinner was really nice, but as was expected, pretty expensive. After dinner we went bowling at the large shopping mall which connects many of the restaurants and residential areas in Rockwell. At first I bowlded really badly (Neil beat me), but the second game was a vast improvement. We then played some pool and headed home in a semi-drunken haze.

Saturday we slept in then went to our 'local' shopping area, Cubao/Araneta for some lunch. We went to have a look at the large wet/dry market where we saw all types of fish, was nearly sick from the mixture of smells coming from the fish and meat areas and then tried some of the local Philippino fruit in the much more pleasant fruit and vege area. We ended up buying lanzones, mangosteens, pomelo and lychees which were really sweet and delicious. I then met Macel and Dette from work for a movie. We ended up seeing Madagascar which was actually very enjoyable.

On Sunday Neil and I went down to Makati where we had some lunch, and then went to the Ayala Museum. http://www.ayalamuseum.org/ The best part of the Ayala Museum is the series of dioramas which portray selected points of history of the Philippines. They also have some model ships of the Chinese trader and Spanish Galleons which are really well done. When you come visit - you should come to this museum, it was fun. It was a pretty chilled out weekend, but we're planning a bit one next weekend!

posted by batik billy @ 10:47 am